This years first bull moose!!

05 September 2002, 20:00

<Made in Sweden>

At the first day of the hunt, I downed a nice bull moose, weighing in at around 900 pounds, with a twelve peg rack. The moose presented itself on a clearcut in the forest around 140 yards away, running with a angled broadside slightly away from me... I immediately raised my 9,3x62 and aimed roughly a meter in front of where I wanted to hit the running moose. As the bullet struck him he went down as a sack of potatoes, trying to get up with his forelegs, bellowing and kicking. I had spined him and taken out his lungs and he finally stopped moving after a few minutes. The Norma Alaska was recovered just under the skin on the off side, with a separated leadcore. I guess this would be a good case for the bonded core bullets, but since moose generally are weakskinned animals, I think I will stick to the Alaska for increased woundchannels in softer parts of the moose. If anyone has just shot a moose please let us hear about it!!!

05 September 2002, 20:16

King Baboon

Weidmannsheil!

Pictures?

05 September 2002, 23:27

<Made in Sweden>

Thanks!
Pictures are coming soon!! Iï¿½ll go have them developed this afternoon!

06 September 2002, 19:56

Saad

Congratulations.

9.3x62 seems a great calibre.

Saad

06 September 2002, 20:27

Daniel M

Made
Felicitaciones for your first Moose of the season

Daniel

06 September 2002, 23:56

<Made in Sweden>

canï¿½t get the image to work in my posts..... gotta ask Saeed!!!

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07 September 2002, 03:09

Tombo21

Congrats! Where were you hunting?

07 September 2002, 05:01

<OlafD>

Waidmannsheil
[Smile]

Olaf

07 September 2002, 09:10

Niels

Grattis med ï¿½lgen.

You said Alaska bullet performance wasn't that good. I experienced the same when I used them.
They do get a good wound channel, but the don't go all the way through in most cases. Do they..??!
I used RWS TUG for a couple of moose they do what the Alaska do but the back end stay whole (like nosler) and they tend to be kinder on the meat.
Of course..Me being a dane shouldn't try to tell you anything on what to use on moose, I know.
But I shoot a Tikka 512 9,3x74R myself and so far I've had the best results with TUG. Just thought I'd tell about it.
I'm trying either Woodleigh 320 grs or ditto 286 grs. this year. One of my swedish hunting buddies uses the 320 grs and has had good expieriences with it.

god jakt [Razz]

Niels

07 September 2002, 12:05

rockhead

Congratulations

you will be feasting on moose before I will

looking forward to the picts

RH

08 September 2002, 08:59

IanF

Friends,

Your opinions please. I will be visiting Seden in a few weeks for a Moose hunt. Options as regards rifle are a .375hh (blued) or 30'06 (stainless). Tend towards using Nosler partitions!

What would you take - I shoot either calibre accurately, having had both for some years. I tend toward the 30'06 if only because its a stainless/synthetic and my experience of Sweden has been WET! :0)

MIS - congratulations on the first bull of the season!

IanF

10 September 2002, 09:26

<Made in Sweden>

quote:
Originally posted by Niels:
Grattis med ï¿½lgen.

You said Alaska bullet performance wasn't that good. I experienced the same when I used them.
They do get a good wound channel, but the don't go all the way through in most cases. Do they..??!
I used RWS TUG for a couple of moose they do what the Alaska do but the back end stay whole (like nosler) and they tend to be kinder on the meat.
Of course..Me being a dane shouldn't try to tell you anything on what to use on moose, I know.
But I shoot a Tikka 512 9,3x74R myself and so far I've had the best results with TUG. Just thought I'd tell about it.
I'm trying either Woodleigh 320 grs or ditto 286 grs. this year. One of my swedish hunting buddies uses the 320 grs and has had good expieriences with it.

god jakt
Niels

I have had problems with penetration with the Alaska, but if you do a lungshot itï¿½s a very good bullet. Since most moose are shot through the lungs I considder it a very good bullet as long as the task doesnï¿½t involve capping off a large bull through the shoulders...
...I have shot the TUG on large moose too, It leaves a small woundchannel, the animals tend to run a little longer, but penetration is sufficient for spines and shoulders. However I was discouraged by the TUGï¿½s performance last year when I shot a small bull through the head twice before he went down. The first shot was a little bit in front of the brain, but if it had been an Alaska it wound have taken out the brain.
...I guess its a question of what you use it for and where you plan to shoot. Head and lungs = Alaska, shoulders and quartering shots = TUG...
...I guess the new 286gr Oryx will be a nice compromise between the two!
Good luck in future hunts!
/Peter

10 September 2002, 09:30

<Made in Sweden>

quote:
Originally posted by IanF:
Friends,

Your opinions please. I will be visiting Seden in a few weeks for a Moose hunt. Options as regards rifle are a .375hh (blued) or 30'06 (stainless). Tend towards using Nosler partitions!

What would you take - I shoot either calibre accurately, having had both for some years. I tend toward the 30'06 if only because its a stainless/synthetic and my experience of Sweden has been WET! :0)

MIS - congratulations on the first bull of the season!

IanF

Thanks!
I guess I would go with the stainless -06! The 30-06 is sufficient to whack any Swedish moose with authority. And as you say Sweden can be wet this time of year. Another thing to considder is the fact that you probably can borrow ammo from huntingpals as the -06 is quite common in Swedish huntingcamps, wich is not the case with the 375 H&H.

10 September 2002, 09:33

<Made in Sweden>

quote:
Originally posted by Tombo21:
Congrats! Where were you hunting?

Thanks!!
I hunt in the woods around Bredbyn, a small village ouside the town ï¿½rnskï¿½ldsvik (Eagleshield bay!!)If you look at the swedish map and place your finger in the middle of Sweden along the eastcoast youï¿½ll find it.

09 September 2002, 22:24

<Made in Sweden>

check out this pic!!!

http://medlem.spray.se/sundelinibredbyn/

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10 September 2002, 02:16

1894

Now I know it is possible to get buck (or should that be bull) fever at a keyboard.

Nice animals just hope you all leave one for me on the 14th October.

12 September 2002, 07:20

dan belisle

Nice moose MIS! I've got a couple of friends coming up from Nebraska in November to go chase Bullwinkle around for a week or so. Hopefully we'll find them a couple of your moose's Canadian cousins. Again, congratulations. - Dan

12 September 2002, 15:42

<Made in Sweden>

Thanks guys!

Dan!
Hope you get the canadian cousin!! Itï¿½s bound to be bigger !! and with a larger rack!!

1894!
Sure ! thereï¿½s plenty of moose right now!! If we had more licenses we would have shot more of them!!

Take care, and good luck!!
/Peter

14 September 2002, 12:14

Tombo21

Just got an e-mail from my buddies in Umea. Their season has started off great also. They hunt up near Amsele in Vasterbotten. Seems a good season is in the offing. I wish I coulda made the trip this year. Damn damn double damn!

14 September 2002, 15:29

Steve

MiS,

Here's your photo. Great job!!

-Steve

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16 September 2002, 19:54

<Made in Sweden>

Thanks Steve!!